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08-30-2013, 07:00 PM
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Hong Kong 2013-14
Maybe this season instead of one extreme or the other (20 millions posts about who went for a swim, etc. vs the lack of posts like last season) I can find some happy medium.
Anyway the barrier trials have begun, WEB (  ) is blogging once again, the incoming trio of jocks (Colm O’Donoghue, Karis Teetan and Nicola Pinna.) are surely getting situated... and then there's this...Not that I need an excuse to post it but oh Tony how you've changed.  Check this out!!!!!!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater Hope he visited Bullish Luck as well and oh my God I am still waiting for a picture of the former stable mates together. Looks like I will have to go and do it myself!  Opening day aka Christmas is September 8th!!! Last edited by my miss storm cat : 09-02-2013 at 05:46 PM. 
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09-10-2013, 04:30 PM
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Zac works his magic on the older guys...Fair Trade...
"I know it's only a Class Two today but it is so rewarding when you get these old horses home ... AND Cerise Cherry... "Cerise Cherry was the first horse I rang for when I got back to Hong Kong this season, There was no doubt he should have won this race last year. I was lucky enough to get the ride." Lucky Nine ambles around Happy Valley for the first time (with Brett) as it's apparently similar to Moonee Valley (and he'll be heading off for the Manikato and Patinack)...
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11-26-2013, 09:26 PM
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So Lines of Battle has been exported to Hong Kong and will now race as Helene Super Star apparently. I've never been a fan of changing a horse's name after they've won graded or group stakes, but it seems to happen in Saudi Arabia and now Hong Kong.
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11-26-2013, 09:50 PM
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Yeah I wish they wouldn't change names too but what can you do.
Thanks for the news! Last edited by my miss storm cat : 11-27-2013 at 12:22 PM.
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#5
11-27-2013, 08:41 AM
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Dunaden added to Hong Kong Vase lineup
Two past winners of the Hong Kong Vase will now line up for the 2400-meter contest December 8 following the inclusion of Dunaden in the field of 14. http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/edito...e.cgi?id=41407
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#6
11-27-2013, 12:25 PM
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HKIR minisite...
http://campaign.hkjc.com/en/2013-hki..._cid=1314LHKIR Arrival of the Americans... On their 6 hour delay... http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/art...ival-hong-kong Little Mike: http://corporate.hkjc.com/news_image...e_MG_9553s.jpg King Kreesa: http://corporate.hkjc.com/news_image...a_MG_9545s.jpg
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#7
12-03-2013, 01:04 PM
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Sha Tin trackwork Tuesday
03 Dec 2013 | Hong Kong Jockey Club There was an increased buzz of activity at Sha Tin this morning as more of the international press turned out and there was plenty to see on the track. Ireland’s Vase hope Simenon was one of two to work on the turf, clocking 1m 26.2s for 1200m, while USA contender King Kreesa limbered up for the Mile with a steady 1200m breeze in 1m 21.6s. Hong Kong Vase... ASUKA KURICHAN (JPN) Cantered on the all-weather under jockey Takuma Ogino who is the horse’s exercise rider. Trainer Naosuke Sugai said: “Everything has gone well, as planned, so far. It was his first day to work on the track yesterday so he was as fit as a fiddle. This morning, he was more relaxed and cantered comfortably. We will give him a gallop on the all-weather tomorrow.” DOMINANT (HK) Trainer John Moore said: “He’s a little bit thick in the wind but we’ve got used to that now. He worked along with Ashkiyr this morning and it was good work over about a mile. He’ll go through his final gallop on Friday just to top him off.” DUNADEN (FR) The seven-year-old is visiting Sha Tin for the third consecutive winter and he seems to be regarded by the other French challengers as a schoolmaster leading them on the all weather track, bar Cirrus Des Aigles, who does things his own way after four visits. Exercise rider Mathieu Brasme commented: “He hardly raced at all 10 days ago so he’s not tired!” EBIYZA (FR) Exercised on the all-weather track. Jean-Michel Roux, travelling head lad for Alain de Royer Dupre said: “Her morning rider lets her do what she likes but once they are at work, it all falls in place. Those two love each other! I guess that the filly will work on the turf on Thursday, like most of them.” MOUNT ATHOS (GB) Cantered and then walked down the turf track to the parade ring, a regular pattern for the horse. Charlie Henson, representing trainer Luca Cumani, commented: “This helps with acclimatisation. It is a tried and tested system used in the past by Mr Cumani with the likes of Falbrav and Presvis. Mount Athos is enjoying the warmer weather and is in good shape. He’ll do some work on the turf at some point later in the week.” Like plenty of others Henson pointed in only one direction regarding the most likely winner of this year’s Vase. “If The Fugue shows up at the top of her game, she’ll be hard to beat.” RED CADEAUX (GB) Went a steady 800m on the all-weather in 1m 02.9s (splits: 34.5, 28.4) The 2013 Dubai World Cup and Melbourne Cup runner-up continues to “tick over well” according to his long time handler Robin Trevor-Jones. This year the gelding comes to Hong Kong directly from Melbourne whereas last year he went from Melbourne to the Japan Cup before winning the Vase. Trevor-Jones, representing trainer Ed Dunlop, said: “He had a pretty tough run in this year's Melbourne Cup so it was decided to miss Japan. He was tired after Flemington but is sparking up again now as he always does. He's a wonderful horse who always gives his best and I'm happy with how he's looking. He's probably ready now for a bit of a blow tomorrow.” Hong Kong Sprint... CERISE CHERRY (HK) Worked 800m (all-weather) in 48.3s (splits: 26.0, 22.3). Jockey Matthew Chadwick said: “The draw is going to be important for him. I just galloped him this morning and he was very relaxed – he does his own thing but he’ll wake up on race day. I gave him a squeeze and he responded – he knows what he’s doing. EAGLE REGIMENT (HK) Manfred Man, trainer of Eagle Regiment: “We’ll work him tomorrow. We just want to keep him fresh – he’s six now so I know him – it will be an easy, normal pace. My horse can run fresh. He ran very well in Dubai when he missed track work. The main thing is I can’t push him that hard – if I do, maybe he would not make the race. It will be a headache if he draws wide but if he gets the inside draw he will get a good chance and it will be very close. But Japan’s horse (Lord Kanaloa) is very strong.” LORD KANALOA (JPN) Had a routine canter on the all-weather under regular exercise rider Shogo Yasuda who is a son of trainer Takayuki Yasuda. Ryuji Iwamoto, assistant trainer, said: “We are very happy with his good condition. As I saw him working this morning, he was full of beans and wanted to go faster, which was a good sign, but he seemed to keep in good contact with the rider. He will have a gallop on turf tomorrow.” SOLE POWER (IRE) and SLADE POWER (IRE) Irish trainer Edward Lynam, who is two handed in the Hong Kong Sprint, was at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning for the first time as Sole Power and Slade Power put in routine canters on the all-weather track. He reported that all was well with his pair: “They have both travelled well and have settled in here with no bother, which is the main thing,” he said of his King’s Stand Stakes Royal Ascot winner. “I hope they will run their races on Sunday. Sole Power has been running well all season, he’s an experienced horse, getting wiser as he gets older – a bit like his trainer! He’ll need to run a lot better than he did in this race two years ago (9th in 2011), but if he relaxes in the race he’ll get the six furlongs alright. He’s fresh and well and his training has been good.” Speaking of Slade Power, winner of the Group 2 British Champions Sprint on his most recent start at Ascot in October, Lynam said “ He’s an improving horse, winning a couple of Group 3 races, being placed in a Group 1 race, and winning a Group 2. If he breaks well, he’ll run a good race.” Lynam plans to put Slade Power through the starting gate on Friday morning, and let him break from the gate for a hundred metres or so, in an effort to ensure that all goes right on the big day for this occasionally erratic starter. Hong Kong Mile... DAN EXCEL (HK) Worked 1200m (turf) along with Military Attack in 1m 17.4 s (splits: 27.1, 26.9, 23.4) Trainer John Moore said: “He went through his paces with Military Attack on the turf this morning and he worked very well. He’ll have another three-quarter pace work on Friday morning to apply the finishing touches.” LINTON (AUS) The distinctive grey had a steady canter on the all-weather track and has pleased connections with steady improvement in his condition over the past 48 hours according to stable manager Troy Corstens who ventured to Sha Tin for the first time this morning. Corstens said: “The horse is coming good. He's back on his tucker now after taking a few days to settle in. He lost around 15kg on the trip over but he's nearly put that all back on now. Just three or four kilos to go. “He looks great in the coat. It's always a little hard to tell with greys but I think he's the healthiest in the coat right now that he's ever been. Being stabled alone isn't ideal but the Jockey Club has helped us out with a few things including a mirror in his box and that seems to have helped. “Carolyn (Mason) is happy with him and she's looked after the horse ever since he joined our stable. We haven't done a great deal with him here in Hong Kong but he's not a gross horse. He doesn't take a lot of work but he will probably have a more serious workout on Thursday morning.” Corstens is under no illusions about the enormity of the task in Sunday's race. “The Mile looks an exceptional race this year. It's certainly the toughest race he's contested and he'll need all the luck we can get. We're here with open eyes and under no illusions about how tough it's going to be but we're still quietly confident that he'll run well.” MOONLIGHT CLOUD (FR) Worked on the all-weather track. Regis Barbedette, travelling head lad to trainer Freddy Head, said: “She’s all right. There is not much to do as she worked very well on Monday last week at Chantilly before taking off.” SHAMALGAN (FR) Luis Garcia Fernandez, travelling head lad, said: “It is my first time here after we travelled Europe in Shamalgan’s horsebox. He travelled all right and seems to be in good shape.” Hong Kong Cup... CIRRUS DES AIGLES (FR) Exercised on the all-weather and breezed 400m in 27.6s. Zoe Gargoulaud, exercise rider, said: “He’s keen enough and he always seems to want more when we hit the turf course on our way to the quarantine stables.” Jean-Jacques Poincelet, assistant trainer to Corine Barande-Barbe, added: “He always wants to go, although I feel that with age he is now able to manage himself. Zoe (Gargoulaud) needs to check him every now and then but that’s all right.” MILITARY ATTACK (HK) Worked 1200m (turf) along with Dan Excel in 1m 17.4 s (splits: 27.1, 26.9, 23.4) Jockey Zac Purton said: “His work has been good. He has progressed from one week to the next and he did a nice little piece of work on the grass this morning. Obviously we didn’t get to the bottom of him, it’s just a case of topping him off for the weekend – he’s done enough. He’s going in third up and he’s a horse that loves his racing and gets better as he gets into his preparation, so for me that’s probably our only concern.” SIDE GLANCE (GB) The Andrew Balding-trained contender was again out on the all-weather track with regular rider Leanne Masterson aboard. The consistent six-year-old gelding, who gained his first success at Group 1 level when taking the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on his last start, galloped over 1200 metres in 1m 19.9s (splits: 28.3, 27.5, 24.1) and looked very well in doing so. “He’s in good form,” said a smiling Masterson recalling his Australian triumph, “I am just so happy he won that day, he really deserved it, and it was so special for everyone.” TOKEI HALO (JPN) Cantered on the all-weather under his regular work rider Yoshiyuki Miyashita. Assistant trainer Yoshiyuki Miyashita said: “He is maintaining good form and everything up to now has gone smoothly. The trainer will come out on the track to see his gallop on turf tomorrow morning. Jockey Yutaka Take will take reins.”
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12-03-2013, 06:19 PM
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Gary Stevens on the jockey challenge tomorrow (which I think Doug Whyte will win)...
http://campaign.hkjc.com/en/2013-hki...120301715.html
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#9
12-05-2013, 03:48 AM
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I'll be plum shocked if anything beats Lord Kanaloa. Scintillating work here on Wednesday. 3-2 is a gift.
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12-05-2013, 10:19 PM
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Good Lord I am so jealous. Thanks for the visual. Hope you're having a fantastic time!I am rooting for Lucky Nine but as far as playing am stuck between him, Charles the Great and Cerise Cherry. Have to use Slade Power and Eagle Regiment somewhere underneath and was going to toss Lord Kanaloa in the 3rd spot. Would love to know who else catches your eye.
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12-06-2013, 05:15 PM
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I was wondering if you had seen Military Attack this week and, if so, how he looked (?).
Thanks.
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#12
12-07-2013, 11:25 AM
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Thank you, tvg, for not letting us bet these races.
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#13
12-07-2013, 02:15 PM
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The bad news is that the races have become so competitive that it is conceivable local horses, for the first time ever, might not win even one of the four group I events Sunday.
Hahahaha yea, riiiiiight.  http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...#ixzz2mojZsy3Z WEB...  http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...brecht-bresges
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#14
12-07-2013, 07:13 PM
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Analysis for the races - http://www.dubairacenight.com/longin...aces-analysis/
Have to say - Little Mike is in with a shot in this race. I've seen him a bunch over the last two years and am really impressed with the way he has been. The Romans camp is overwhelmingly excited because everything has gone so well thus far. If Mike wins, I believe he'd be the first 3yo+ to win an overseas G1 on grass since Fourstars Allstar and Golden Pheasant did it in 1991.
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12-07-2013, 08:59 PM
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Action gets going from 11:30 PM US Eastern time. http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/live.asp Make sure you are aren't listening to an archive from Happy Valley, which is what plays when you click the stream from before the live day begins here.
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12-29-2013, 09:58 PM
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I stopped following HK the night of the big intl races... I never bothered watching the replays and haven't checked ANYTHING but went to look at the Singapore Turf Club to see what mounts David Flores has on the 1st of the year. Those races weren't up yet but the New Years Day card for HK was and so figured he might debut over there... Lucky horse has Matt Chadwick up. http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/info/m...20140101/ST/11 Good luck to him. You can listen on the site and the replay will be up immediately. I won't be looking, posting the results, replay, any of it. I do hope he wins though. (Not a great field, for the record).
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01-01-2014, 02:05 PM
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He was last. Didn't watch it but here...
http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/Info/m...20140101/ST/11
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02-16-2014, 12:05 PM
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... and though I cannot bear to follow along I did know the horse who almost made me quit racing entirely was entered last night cause of twitter. Honestly (and thank God no on actually looks at this thread but I have to say it somewhere)... honestly I thought he would either get hurt or win. VERY happy he won and now I hope they do not assume he's indestructible. Lucky Nine.  I believe Mr. Cox wouldn't mind at all posting the entire piece. Lucky Nine defies niggles to win an emotional second Chairman's Sprint Prize Michael Cox michael.cox@scmp.com Caspar Fownes and Brett Prebble show their admiration for Lucky Nine after his tenacious victory in the Chairman's Sprint Prize. Photo: Kenneth Chan With a coat that had him looking like a woolly mammoth, an injured leg too sensitive to touch and a misshapen hoof, there was a time not too long ago that Lucky Nine didn't even look like running in Sunday's Group One Chairman's Sprint Prize (1,200m) - let alone winning first-up after a two-month break. Lucky Nine's litany of problems have been well documented throughout his spectacular career, but trainer Caspar Fownes revealed the setbacks suffered in the lead-up to the seven-year-old's sixth Group One win were considerable, even by his standards, and had the horseman finding a new level of admiration for his warrior. "I was very emotional - and I don't get like that often - but yeah, I was choked up, and that was the reaction from a lot of the staff, too. We have worked long hours to get him out there," Fownes said after a tenacious victory typical of the plain-looking gelding's style. "He had swelling in his tendon sheath, his feet were terrible and his coat was shocking. It's taken a lot of TLC, working on him every night, but for a while there was a chance he wasn't even going to run in this race. It was only a week ago we were working his leg, he was just too sensitive, and you couldn't even touch him." "It was a test - it kept me on my toes, and the team worked hard. I had the boys working overtime, getting in early, leaving late, and doing everything we could. In the end he just tries, and he gives you everything. He may not have won by far, but that is what he does." Lucky Nine, third favourite at 5.9, fought off a late challenge from Charles The Great, with even money favourite Sterling City a desperately unlucky third and Frederick Engels - who loomed on the outside of the winner - finishing fourth. Jockey Brett Prebble has been on Lucky Nine in each of his top-level wins, but admitted he felt it might be too much this time for a horse he calls "a character". "This might have been the most emotional I've been after a win. It meant a lot to me. I didn't think he was going to win when they came to him, but he just defies them," Prebble said. "Once he gets a neck in front he finds a way to win - he is a courageous horse. They had their chance and I thought they were going to run him down." After Lucky Nine became the first horse since Silent Witness (2004-05) to win back-to-back editions of the race, Fownes will now consider his options for the globetrotter. A return tilt at the Group One Golden Shaheen in Dubai or the Group One Takamatsunomiya Kinen in Japan - both races over 1,200m on the last weekend of March - are on the table, but staying closer to home with a run in the Group One Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup (1,400m) on March 16 seems more likely. Wherever he ends up, Fownes said he will be better for Sunday's memorable effort. "He is going to improve for that - he has gone around at 80 or 85 per cent," he said. http://racing.scmp.com/freeservice/n...s20140217a.asp
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